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the more things change (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 48 points 9 months ago (16 children)

Did they shoot him from behind? Like back of the head?

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  • [–] 75 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    I don't think the first shot was aimed at the head, but at the upper body area, while multiple people were wrestling him down. There was no need for usage of lethal force in any of this.

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  • [–] 37 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    There was no need for usage of lethal force in any of this.

    They don't learn when you need lethal force or when you don't. They learn how you aim a gun and that you have immunity while you are doing your job.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    The executioner was apparently an 8 year veteran.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    The article gives a lot of information, but all i read about this guy is "… the officer who shot the man had extensive training as a range safety officer and in using less-lethal force."

    Which doesn't undermine my point i suppose

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  • [+] -41 points 9 months ago* (7 children)

    From what I saw on videos they shot him from behind into his back. But it was not a scene of execution like here in the image, more like a fight situation.

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  • [–] 61 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    He had been dragged to the ground, kicked and punched repeatedly by multiple people and hit in the head with some sort of bat, he was unresponsive on the floor by the time the first shot is fired and then he's clearly already dead or dying and not moving at all when the rest of the shots are fired.

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  • [–] 24 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    Huh? I think I was misunderstood here. In no way I wanted to downplay US gestapo here. I just wanted to tell the difference between these two images: In the first one a person seems to be forced to kneel in order to get executed by a shot in the head. The second image was already described by you very well.

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  • [+] -7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Why would you feel the need to point that out?

    How about pointing out that the first is black and white and the other is in colour. Or that the first picture has a bunch of people in the background. Yes, thank you. Good to know your eyes work. But none of that is relevant to the point being made her.

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